Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-02-10

AT Now York on the 3lst it was stated on
good authority that the supply OF coal LOT
the Pennsylvania railroad fcrryooats was
running short owing to the strike, ana I'M
less more coal could be secured travei
would be seriously impeded. The supply
in Jersey City was very low. The employees
were cautioned not to talk about the matter
aud the managers in Jersey City refused 10
say any thing.
A NUMBER Of the railroads entering New
York, on the lst notified shippers along
their lines that they would not receive per-
ishable freight pending the strike
THE great strike of the Pleasant Valley
pa coal miners, inauguratcd last October
and since that time the cause OF numerous
riots and bloodshcd, has terminated In
victory for the men.
SEVERAL manufactures in need Of coal
were compelled to close in New York on
the LIST on account Of tho coal handlers
strike.
THREE men were walking ON the Boston
Il Providence railroad track near Hyde
Park, Mass, recently and stepped from one
track to avoid local train when they were
run down by the Steamboat express and
killed. They were Peter Mack, Hugh
Trainor and james Smith, Jr
THE threatened strike of the Cambridge
(Mass.) horse railroad employees has been
avcrtcd The company granted al the de-
mands Of the men,
NoN-UNIoN freight handlers were at
tackled by strikers ut New York on the
evening of the ID, three or four being I'M
mercifully beaten.
THOMAS Ii. RUSSELL the assignee In the
case Of Nlckerson a. Co., shipping mer-
chants Of Boston, finds the firms liabilities
to aggregate about s., OOO,0O0, Of which about
$50, 600 is secured. Most Of the creditors
have assented to the assignment.
INTELLrGBNcB reached Belvedcre. N. j.,
on the 3D. by messengers from Pahaquarry
township, of the formation Of an immense
ice gorge in the Delaware river near Shaw
nee, Pa, above the Delaware water gap.
The leo piling up to the height OF fifty feet
the water had been forced out Of its natur-
al course and had overfiowed the lowlands.
Dwelling houses were submerged.
DE LEON, recently convicted of kidnapping
and sending women to Panama for i'm
moral purposes, was sentenced to fifteen
years Imprisonment ut New York.
A PITTSBURGH, Pa, telegram said that
about $50 men employed at tho Spearman,
DouglOus a. Mable furnaces had struck for
an advance in wages of twenty-five cells
per day. Tho furnaces had all been left in
good condition and the men appeared do
tcrmincd and hopeful Of getting what they
asked for.
IT was recently tclegrapbcd that gen.
cral strike would be ordered of the Reading
railroad coal handlers at Port Richmond.
The committee from the New Y ork strikers
had visited the coal handlers there, and
from statements made by the men, it is ex-
pccted that uniform movement will be
inauguratcd along the entire line and at all
the mines.
TIE Fall River Mass Iron Works, which
have been in operation for fifty years, have
shut down permanently, and all hands have
been discharged. 1t was found impossible
to compete with Western works that are
near the base Of the natural gas and iron
supplies.
THE Senate at Harrisburg, Pa, recently
passed the bill providing for the submission
of prohibition amendment to the State
constitution to a vote of the people.
HENRY WARD BEECHER, in reply to a
toast ut the annual banquet of the Amherst
Alumni Association the other night, de-
nOunceO INC hnlgntS OI lLaDOT.
THE strike ut New York was still grow.
ing on the 4th, the coal cart drivers and
shovelcrs along the Gowanus canal having
struck.
WILLIAM CoMsToCK, the Oldest convict
in the Auburn IN. ~ penitcntiary, died
recently. He was received ut the prison in
1853 on life sentence for murder. He
killed his father and mother, cut out their
hearts and ate them.
A RECENT dispatch from Pittsburgh, Pa,
stated that five coal firms along the Monon.
gahcia river had conceded the demands of
their employees and were in active opera
ton.
A RECENT Pittsburgh, Pa, dispatch stated
that Detectives Hohnc and Halligan, of
Cleveland left there, having in charge
Harry McMunn. charged with completely
in an extensive fur robbery. When the
train reached Alliance five men got on
board, and they made concerted attack
on the detectives with the view of rcscuing
the prisoner. A desperate fight ensued,
and one Of the detectives was fatally shot
and the other wounded. Some Of the as
sailants were also wounded.